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Bill Crue — 10 Patents

RRRead Rite: 7 patents #32 of 255Top 15%
W(Western Digital (Fremont): 2 patents #232 of 473Top 50%
STSeagate Technology: 1 patents #3,995 of 4,701Top 85%
San Jose, CA: #6,421 of 32,062 inventorsTop 25%
California: #61,378 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Bill Crue has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at Read Rite. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in May 2005. Bill Crue ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Bill Crue in San Jose, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6898053 Perpendicular recording head with trackwidth defined by plating thickness Sakhrat Khizroev, Dmitri Litvinov, Nurul Amin, Robert Earl Rottmayer 2005-05-24 $8,104,000
6894877 Compact MR write structure Zhupei Shi, Lijun Tong, Carlos Corona 2005-05-17 $5,347,000
6762910 Data storage and retrieval apparatus with thin film read head having inset extra gap insulation layer and method of fabrication Kenneth E. Knapp, Zi-Wen Dong, Ronald A. Barr, Russel Stearns 2004-07-13 $21,701,000
6552874 Shared pole magnetic read-write head for achieving optimized erase band width and method of fabricating the same Wenjie Chen, Renuka Apparao 2003-04-22 $359,000
6466402 Compact MR write structure Zhupei Shi, Lijun Tong, Carlos Corona 2002-10-15 $790,000
6452742 Thin film write having reduced resistance conductor coil partially recessed within middle coat insulation Ronald A. Barr, Zhupei Shi, Mark D. Thomas 2002-09-17 $851,000
6353511 Thin film write head for improved high speed and high density recording Zhupei Shi, Lien-Chang Wang, Yingjian Chen, Syed A. Hossain 2002-03-05 $4,650,000
6353318 Magnetoresistive sensor having hard biased current perpendicular to the plane sensor Kyusik Sin, Yingjian Chen, Ningja Zhu 2002-03-05 $4,650,000
6282056 Tapered stitch pole writer for high density magnetic recording Aiguo Feng, Zhupei Shi 2001-08-28 $16,746,000
6134089 Current perpendicular to plane magnetoresistive device with low resistance lead Ronald A. Barr, Ming Zhao 2000-10-17 $17,014,000